Blue Orange Arts presents –

Casting the Runes & The Signalman- Double Bill

M.R. James: Casting the Runes

Casting the Runes by M.R. James is a chilling supernatural tale about Edward Dunning, a scholar who unknowingly becomes the target of a vengeful occultist named Karswell. After Dunning criticizes Karswell’s paper on alchemy, Karswell uses a cursed parchment to mark him for death.

As mysterious and terrifying events unfold, Dunning discovers the truth and races against time to pass the deadly runes back to Karswell before the curse claims him. Blending academic skepticism with creeping horror, the story masterfully builds suspense and exemplifies James’s signature style of understated, scholarly ghost fiction. It was first published in 1911.

Charles Dickens: The Signalman

Charles Dickens’ classic ghost story. When a traveller chances upon a solitary railway signalman he is drawn into a tale of ghostly premonitions, tragic occurrences and human solitude that echoes the contrasting Victorian feelings towards the nascent railway system.

Published in 1866 Dickens likely based the story on the incident of the Clayton Tunnel crash that occurred 5 years prior, at the time it was the worst accident on the British railway system. A train ran into the back of another inside the tunnel, killing 23 and injuring 176 passengers.

Beware the ringing of the signalman’s bell!

Dates and time of show: 

Monday 22nd December – 7.30pm

Tuesday 23rd December – 3.00pm & 7.30pm

Wednesday 24th December 1pm  & 5pm

Saturday 27th December 3.00pm and 7.30pm

Sunday 28th 3.00pm and 7.30pm

Monday 29th 3.00 and 7.30pm

EARLY BIRD SPECIAL – £2 off  the first 10 tickets of each performance!

Ticket price: 

Standard ticket: £15.00

Concession ticket: £13.00

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(you will be taken to our ticket provider, the Little Box Office)

Running time:

Approximately 1 hour 45 (each play is approximately 45 minutes plus a 15 minute interval)

Terms and Conditions: 

All ticket purchases are final.

The only occasion that we will refund tickets is if we are forced to cancel a performance. On those incredibly rare occasions we will offer a credit note or full refund for the ticket(s) (the customers choice)

Tickets cannot be sold to a third party. Sale of such will render them void.

We will transfer tickets to an alternative showing of the same productions at our discretion and on the following conditions:

Subject to availability (performances that are near to being sold out will not be considered available).

If the customer has informed us at least 24 hours before the original performance.

There will be an administrative charge of £2 per ticket (plus if the cost of the new performance is greater than the previous.)